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Youὑμεῖςareἐστεour letter,ἡ ἐπιστολὴ ἡμῶνwrittenἐγγεγραμμένηonἐνour hearts,ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶνknownγινωσκομένηandκαὶreadἀναγινωσκομένηbyὑπὸallπάντωνpeople,ἀνθρώπων
2 Corinthians 3:2
Study it in the app“You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by all people,”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 3:2, word by word
- areἐστεeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- our letterἐπιστολὴepistolē
letter
Letter.
Where else “epistolē” appears- writtenἐγγεγραμμένηengegrammenē
write in, record
Write in, record, enroll.
Where else “engegrammenē” appears- our heartsκαρδίαιςkardiais
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiais” appears- knownγινωσκομένηginōskomenē
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “ginōskomenē” appears- readἀναγινωσκομένηanaginōskomenē
read
Read.
Where else “anaginōskomenē” appears- peopleἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Some manuscripts read “on your hearts”; the apparatus used does not record it.
The context
1Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
2 · This verse (above)
3since you are shown to be a letter of the Messiah delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.